Thursday, 26 February 2015

Morning update from Day 1 in Barcelona

Reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton currently leads the
way in the early stages of the opening day of the final Formula One winter test
in Barcelona. The double world champion has set a fast time of 1m 24.881s. The
Mercedes AMG PETRONAS F1 Team driver is currently just 1.106s ahead of Infiniti
Red Bull Racing’s Daniil Kvyat.

Felipe Massa is currently third fastest for the Williams
Martini Racing Team with a 1m 26.399s, 1.518s behind Hamilton.

There has already been a red flag with Daniil Kvyat stopping
at the end of the pit-lane in his Infiniti Red Bull Racing RB11. The Lotus F1
Team’s Romain Grosjean is currently in fourth place in the E23 Hybrid with a 1m
27.525s, 2.644s behind Hamilton, it the Frenchman’s second day in the new car
having driven it on Sunday on the final day of last weeks’ test.

Marcus Ericsson is currently in 5th place in the
Sauber C34 with a 1m 29.172s. The Swede has completed 21 laps so far.

Scuderia Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen is currently in 6th
place with a 1m 29.590s, 4.709s behind Hamilton while McLaren-Honda’s Jenson
Button is currently in 7th place with a 1m 31.479s.

The Sahara Force India Formula One Team are not running
today but have confirmed that Nico Hulkenberg will drive the new VJM08 on
Friday when the car makes its on track debut.